Richard Chamberlain
Acting • Born 1934-03-31 – Died 2025-03-29
Biography
George Richard Chamberlain (March 31, 1934 – March 29, 2025) was an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). He subsequently appeared in several TV mini-series, such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and was the first to play Jason Bourne in the 1988 made for TV movie "The Bourne Identity". Chamberlain has also performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Chamberlain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
117 credits
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Movie • 2007
Councilman Banks
River Made to Drown In
Movie • 1997
Thaddeus MacKenzie
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie • 1977
Louis XIV / Philippe
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Movie • 1975
Edmond Dantès
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1973
Aramis
The Towering Inferno
Movie • 1974
Simmons
The Four Musketeers
Movie • 1974
Aramis
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Movie • 1986
Allan Quatermain
Strength and Honour
Movie • 2007
Denis O'Leary
King Solomon's Mines
Movie • 1985
Allan Quatermain
The Return of the Musketeers
Movie • 1989
Aramis
Julius Caesar
Movie • 1970
Octavius Caesar / Augustus
Petulia
Movie • 1968
Dave Danner
Endangered Hawaiʻi
Movie • 2000
Narrator
The Slipper and the Rose
Movie • 1976
Prince Edward
The Swarm
Movie • 1978
Dr. Hubbard
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Movie • 2015
Highfather (voice)
Murder by Phone
Movie • 1982
Nat Bridger
The Last Wave
Movie • 1977
David Burton
The Music Lovers
Movie • 1971
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Perfect Family
Movie • 2011
Monsignor Murphy
A Thunder of Drums
Movie • 1961
Lt. Porter
Inside 'the Swarm'
Movie • 1978
Self
Bird of Prey
Movie • 1996
Jonathan Griffith
Joy in the Morning
Movie • 1965
Carl Brown
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Movie • 1969
The Reverend
We Are the Hartmans
Movie • 2012
Mr. Hartman
Twilight of Honor
Movie • 1963
David Mitchell
The Lost Daughter
Movie • 1997
Andrew McCracken
Three Days of Hamlet
Movie • 2012
Polonius
The Secret of the Purple Reef
Movie • 1960
Dean Christopher
Aftermath: A Test of Love
Movie • 1991
Ross Colburn
Night of the Hunter
Movie • 1991
Harry Powell
The Pavilion
Movie • 2000
Huddlestone
Lady Caroline Lamb
Movie • 1972
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Ordeal in the Arctic
Movie • 1993
Captain John Couch
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
Movie • 1983
Frederick Cook
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 1974
Narrator
The Lady's Not for Burning
Movie • 1974
Thomas Mendip
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Casanova
Movie • 1987
Giacomo Casanova
The Woman I Love
Movie • 1972
King Edward VIII
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
Movie • 1974
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
Movie • 2012
Self
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
Movie • 2004
Narrator
The Black Ghiandola
Movie • 2017
Creepy Oncologist
All the Winters that Have Been
Movie • 1997
Dane Corvin
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
Movie • 1996
Ralph de Bricassart
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
Nightmare Cinema
Movie • 2018
Dr. Mirari
Finding Julia
Movie • 2019
Igor
The Making of Shōgun
Movie • 2003
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Movie • 2020
Nat
Musical Comedy Tonight
Movie • 1979
The Good Doctor
Movie • 1978
Anton Chekhov / Various Roles
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
Movie • 1968
Himself
The Christmas Messenger
Movie • 1975
Christmas Messenger
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2003
Self
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
Movie • 1968
The Director
Hamlet
Movie • 1970
Hamlet
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
Dale Wellington
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Glenn
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Arthur Stiles
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Hustle
TV • 2004
James Whittaker Wright III
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Pete
Centennial
TV • 1978
Alexander McKeag
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Clyde
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Hamlet
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Clay Pine
Thriller
TV • 1960
Larry Carter
Challenge of the Super Friends
TV • 1978
Island Son
TV • 1989
Shōgun
TV • 1980
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
The Bourne Identity
TV • 1988
Jason Bourne
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Dream West
TV • 1986
John Charles Fremont
The Astronomers
TV • 1991
Narrator
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
The Thorn Birds
TV • 1983
Ralph de Bricassart
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
TV • 1985
Raoul Wallenberg
Chuck
TV • 2007
Adelbert De Smet
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Jonathan Byrold
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Clarence Narrow
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Drew Carey Show
TV • 1995
Maggie Wick
Twin Peaks
TV • 1990
Bill Kennedy
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
Blackbeard
TV • 2006
Gouverneur Charles Eden
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
TV • 2004
Narrator
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
TV • 1999
Bernard Lafferty
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
ThunderCats
TV • 2011
Zigg (voice)
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Leverage
TV • 2008
Archie Leach
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Na sowas!
TV • 1982
Self
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Jack Clay / Everett Clay
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Anton Chekhov
The Portrait of a Lady
TV • 1968
Ralph Touchett
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Mr. Lucky
TV • 1959
Alec
Film '72
TV • 1971
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Winner
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. James Kildare
The Deputy
TV • 1959
Jerry Kirk